{"id":15779,"date":"2025-08-12T14:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=15779"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:01:53","slug":"state-police-reminds-motorists-about-school-bus-zone-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/15779-state-police-reminds-motorists-about-school-bus-zone-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Reminds Motorists About School Bus\/Zone Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The Illinois State Police (ISP) is reminding motorists about school zone speed laws and sharing the road safely with buses as schools around the state prepare to open their doors for the new academic year.<\/p>\n<p>ISP reminds motorists they are required to slow down in school zones.\u00a0 Posted school zones have a speed limit of 20 miles per hour and are in effect from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on school days when children are present.\u00a0 Driving while talking or texting on a hand-held cellular device is strictly prohibited and fines are increased within a school zone. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Adults are encouraged to promote safe walking habits with their children, including using sidewalks, crossing the street at designated crosswalks, and not walking in-between cars.<\/p>\n<p>When student injuries\/fatalities do occur with bus situations, the majority of cases occur when the students are outside the bus.\u00a0 Most children injured in the area around the bus, often called the \u201cdanger zone,\u201d are struck by motorists who fail to stop for the flashing red lights and extended stop arm.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists approaching a stopped school bus with its visual signals activated, lights and extended stop sign, must stop their vehicle at least 20 feet before reaching the school bus. \u200b When a school bus stops on a two-lane roadway and uses its visual signals, vehicles in both directions must stop until the school bus turns off its visual signals.\u00a0 When the school bus stops and uses its visual signals on a one-way roadway, regardless of the number of lanes of traffic, all traffic must stop. \u200b When the school bus stops on a four or more-lane roadway with at least two lanes of traffic traveling in the opposite direction, only those traveling in the same direction as the school bus must stop.<\/p>\n<p>State law requires school buses to stop for railroad crossings.\u00a0 If you are approaching a stopped school bus at a railroad crossing from the opposite direction, you may proceed past with caution.\u00a0 If you are approaching from the rear, in the same direction as the bus, and are within 100 feet from the railroad crossing, the law prohibits driving over the center line to pass the bus.<\/p>\n<p>A first-time violation for failing to stop for a school bus unloading\/loading while their lights are activated and stop arm extended can result in a mandatory $300 fine and a three-month suspension of driving privileges. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>For additional information concerning the safe interaction with school buses in traffic, visit the ISP website Traffic Safety Brochures page, where you can find the School Bus Safety Brochure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois State Police (ISP) is reminding motorists about school zone speed laws and sharing the road safely with buses as schools around the state prepare to open their doors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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